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It’s been a while hasn’t it?

I’m way behind on posting.

The Ritual must continue.

Xenos by Dan Abnett was a cheeky comfort reread over Christmas.

It’s time for the annual tradition where I write about the music I have enjoyed this year.

Two books to report this time.

I bought a lot of Halo extended universe books for very cheap.

I finished a couple of books over the summer.

If you pre-ordered a hardback about 10 tanks you’re going to love it and that’s exactly what happened with Mark Urban’s latest book.

A cracking book that takes you on the a whistle stop tour of conflict over the last millennium, looking at it through an economic lens.

Another series where the main guy is called Bob, works in IT, and is thrust into a new sci-fi situation?

Stafford Beer is a very interesting guy and the and once you learn about the Viable System Model you start to see it (and aspects of it) everywhere.

Conclave I’ve seen the film twice and now read the book and all instances have felt oddly cosy and chill.

We recently went on holiday to Scotland and I managed to finish three books that have been in progress for a while.

In what is now a randomly celebrated tradition it’s time to talk about what my current podcast rotation.

A tough but ultimately enjoyable read.

I marked my account as dormant and uninstalled the Instagram app on the 20th of Jan.

Man I love learning about submarines.

Here are some books that I started in 2024, put down for months, and have now “boshed out”.

What can I say?

The idea of Time Compression in memory really hit this year.

A good follow up to Nuclear War.

Here we go again.

Killing Thatcher by Rory Carroll came recommended from at least two podcasters/comedians (Christopher Macarthur-Boyd and Elis James) and it’s superb.

A friend posted on Twitter that they’d started reading Slow Productivity and just the title piqued my interest.

I love the meme that men are always thinking about Rome.

You can’t look away from this page turning book which imagines one way a nuclear war could play out.

This is another one from Book Club at work.

Cat Jarman did a cracking job on this.

I have had a copy of Red Devils since its release in 2022.

I finished Space Marine 2 this evening and these are my raw thoughts.

Am I an autobiography guy now?

What a vibe!!!

This was an absolute joy to read.

I read this as part of a book exchange with my partner.

Skip it.

Reader, I did not in fact finish Mark Urban’s book on the paratroopers.

Mirage came out at the end of last year and I got the vibe that it was fine.

I bought Beyond the Wall by Katja Hoyer entirely because of the cover.

I’ve pre-empted my last few posts with how long it’s been since the previous post.

Has it really been a month since I finished a book?

It’s been a while.

I’m a big Kent Beck fan.

TLDR: skip.

2023 was the year I was awoken to Elis James via The Socially Distant Sports Bar podcast.

I Kickstarted this back in April 2021, it arrived last month and I’ve given it a thorough read but haven’t made anything from it yet.

How did I do on last years goals?

As always, I’ve listened to a lot of music this year.

As I get older more people around me are taking up running.

It’s been a very long time since I’ve seen, heard, or read anything by David Mitchell.